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    zinc plating

    allright i'm going to do it (ask a stupid question)
    does it just have to be say brackets etc you can get coated or could you
    do somthing like a alternator? as you can tell i have no idea of the process

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    Re: zinc plating

    Quote Originally Posted by gimme5 View Post
    allright i'm going to do it (ask a stupid question)
    does it just have to be say brackets etc you can get coated or could you
    do somthing like a alternator? as you can tell i have no idea of the process
    I have only ever had steel zinc coated, I would have though that the alternator casing being aluminium would have to be anodized.

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    Re: zinc plating

    right i see,next question then, could that be done without stripping any thing off

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    Re: zinc plating

    I very much doubt it

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    Re: zinc plating

    just being looking into this plating buisness
    and you can get clear,chromate pass (yellow tinge)
    olive drap(green tinge) and black
    seen your brackets and thats what im after
    would you say thier are yellow

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    Re: zinc plating

    chromate is what they are standard

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    Re: zinc plating

    cheers mate thats what ill go for

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    Re: zinc plating

    https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthrea...t=zinc+plating

    might help you mate. Havnt plated anything in a while but fire any questions if you have them.

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    Re: zinc plating

    good post cheers for that

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